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Understanding this man...
Lest there be any confusion, my goal here is not to prevent the hatred of Greg Davis, I'm as frustrated as anyone with the product that has been on the field thus far in the season which is quickly looking like the worst offense of the Mack Brown era. I hardly need to remind anyone here that it’s...
Why the Offense Fails/Succeeds
Texas fans have normally taken to Greg Davis' West Coast offense like Spartans confronted with the choice of using the English Longbow. "Whats with these pussy short passes? Bubble screen, are you shitting me! Line up and ram it down their throats!" We've all heard such things from the fans...
Houston Texans Draft Primer: West Coast Wide Receiver Love
It's no secret that your Houston Texans need to add a wide receiver or two to their receiving corps. Outside of Andre Johnson, there is no consistent playmaker, plus the group as a whole lacks young talent. However, a misconception that I have seen on message boards, comments sections, and Twitter...
Greg Cook Will Forever Loom Large In The Evolution of Football Strategy
Follow Down The Drive on Facebook/twitter and check out the store. "Greg Cook," he said nostalgically, his eyes getting a little misty. "What a great, great talent. What a terrible shame." - Bill Walsh 2001 - Like Bearcats everywhere I was saddened immensely by the news that Greg Cook...
Examining The Houston Texans Offense: Gary Kubiak's West Coast Offense
Earlier this off-season, our dearly beloved MDC dissected the Wade Phillips 3-4 defensive scheme. Now, we turn our attention to Gary Kubiak's West Coast Offense. Given some of the complaints heard during last season's games and the shift of philosophy from Kyle Shanahan to Rick Dennison, it's...
Golden Nuggets: Being 'That Guy' Today
Well, we had some controversy in the Nuggets yesterday, which meant a whole lot of comments. You guys are at your best when you have something to care about, so ... Kevin Kolb blows, Tom Brady is a system quarterback, the 49ers should trade Frank Gore, Ken Whisenhunt is a horribly overrated head...
Utes will run a more West Coast Offense this season
Kyle Whittingham, in an interview with Jan Jorgensen and Kyle Gunther, admits that Utah football will be moving more toward the West Coast Offense this season with Norm Chow taking over the offensive play calling duties. The program had been invested in the spread option, in some instances,...
Auburn Tigers' 2010 BCS National Title Confirms That Defense Still Wins Championships in College Football
Recently, Year2 reviewed Tobias J. Moskowitz’s and L. Jon Wertheim’s Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won, citing in the process Jeffrey H. Anderson’s Wall Street Journal review of that same volume, in which the co-creator of one of the BCS computer...
3 Offensive Coordinators in 3 years for Jay Cutler
This is a subject that's been broached before here on WCG (and one I even tackled), but listening to all the talking heads spew on and on about some of the differences between Jay Cutler and Aaron Rodgers, more specifically how better Rodgers is, I just feel it needs to be said again. Jay...
Golden Nuggets: We Have Normality
Ahhh, my internet returns! Did you guys miss me yesterday when Fooch handled the Nuggets? Probably, I assume a few of you were absolutely in tears. Either way, I'm back now and I'm pretty excited. It's inevitable, no matter how many times I tell myself to not be excited, it just happens. The 49ers...
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